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Yup! and its bloody hard to get it out of your hair.
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Good morning and welcome, im sure there are loads on here who will welcome your input.
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Synthetic slates Vs natural slates and colour scheme
markc replied to romario's topic in New House & Self Build Design
Cool build, credit to you for escaping the rectangular box house -
must be hitting something solid ...steel shim or a nail etc.
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Is my house about to fall down?
markc replied to Adsibob's topic in House Extensions & Conservatories
You can see the support works are not yet finished (another hole started), the UB`s are not new and pretty much an ideal length - They have done this before -
I tried describing this but gave up, deleted my poor explanation and went for the bodge option instead.
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Hi, assuming the hole doesnt go into the shower area as well, you could use expanding foam to fill the void, trim back when set and then finish as required. not a lot you can do with the bit of trim apart from replace the whole piece or just that bit with something else
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Quite often its the lap near the ridge, if the felt is undamaged then no need to replace it, carefully peel back/lift up the ridge piece and stick it back down with a continuous bead of mastic or similar to seal the edge
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Ian (educated guess), builders struggle to keep up with the new materials, technologies and specs etc. When it comes to compressive strength of materials and floor loadings i know several "engineers" who struggle to get their heads around it. If you have any doubts, err on the side of caution. The denser (not sure if thats a real word) EPS materials are not that much more expensive for piece of mind
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Yes, depending on the weight of the structure, contents, usage etc.
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Good morning and welcome, ...building your retirement home? ... so basically cant give it up and landing yourself more work than before
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Hi all - back in the game after years out.
markc replied to Irish Rover's topic in Introduce Yourself
Good morning and welcome ... good advice regarding the Covid thread- 3 replies
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I would hazard a guess at high winds plus rain pushing the water up under a felt lap/joint
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Structural Engineer Not Providing Connection Detail
markc replied to SteveMack's topic in General Structural Issues
That`s an odd steel detail. -
If they ever have an Oscar for forum threads, this one will get it
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No problems at all importing from Europe, costing us around £46.00 to customs clear an artic loaded with around £400K of machines. Truck just has to drive through the customs yard and hand over the declaration paperwork. The drivers have said its now much quicker and easier than it was last year. we use UK hauliers to bring our machines in. The couriers based in Europe have not got their act together tho, loads of delays and they just cant seem to get to grips with the requirements.
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@Pord67, just a thought - your tank is a flat bottom variety i assume, or is in on legs? - concrete strength and slab design will be very different
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Hi, Yes C40 is overkill - used for high strength beams etc. C20 would be adequate for your use.
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Sack Truck / Trolley / Barrow - are cheap ones any good?
markc replied to Oxbow16's topic in Tools & Equipment
Pretty much the one that @joe90 gave the link to -
Brickwork damp patch after prolonged heavy rain
markc replied to readiescards's topic in General Construction Issues
This seems odd, a chimney pot isnt a big hole/funnel to collect so much rain water. -
Sack Truck / Trolley / Barrow - are cheap ones any good?
markc replied to Oxbow16's topic in Tools & Equipment
This all depends on the load weight and ground you are going over. the fold-up/doubles as a platform truck ones are great in a workshop od on a flat solid floor. In a garden you need something with large wheelbarrow type wheels - and go for a fully welded one. We have a few around work, one is a new cheap chinese thing and its brilliant, inflated tyres and fully welded, think it cost around £30 -
Any bolt into a threaded hole will wobble due to thread clearance..
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Help to find clear glazing packers, please
markc replied to Jer70's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
@Jer70 i cant see any reason why not unless removing the packs will allow the glass to slip down.
